Systinet Launches Federal Partner Program, Strengthens Government Operations.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Leading Software Supplier of SOA Foundation Signs Several Key Partnerships to Further SOA-Based Net-Centric Integration Systinet, the leading software provider of the foundation for SOA governance and lifecycle management, today announced that it has launched a Federal Partner Program to strengthen government operations in the Washington, DC area. Systinet is responding to the growing demand for innovative and proven service-oriented architecture (SOA) solutions and has already signed a number of Federal partners including BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., referred to as Booz Allen is one of the oldest strategy consulting firms in the world.[1] The firm formerly had two consulting divisions: WCB (Worldwide Commercial Business, also known as “The Commercial Side”) and WTB , EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , Lockheed Martin Corporation, Merlin Technical Solutions, Raytheon, and Titan Corporation, among others. Where Systinet began 2004 observing many government agencies focusing on relatively simple pilot deployments of Web services products, many of those same organizations are now looking toward more comprehensive projects involving an enterprise SOA. In related news, Systinet announced it has secured a $1.15M award with five additional $200,000 maintenance options over a period of five years to provide the Enterprise COTS UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) An industry initiative for a universal business registry (catalog) of Web services turned over to the stewardship of OASIS in 2002 as the version 3 specification of UDDI was released. Registry technology to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA 1. (body) DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association. ) Net-Centric Enterprise Services Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) is a Department of Defense program, managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency, to develop information technology infrastructure services for future systems used by the United States military. Program (NCES NCES National Center for Education Statistics NCES Net-Centric Enterprise Services (US DoD) NCES Network Centric Enterprise Services NCES Net Condition Event Systems ). Systinet clients also include the US Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ), NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , and the US Air Force, among other government agencies. "This past year proved to be a very successful one for Systinet's Federal business and we're confident that there will be a growing demand for our governance, compliance and policy-driven solutions for SOA," said Tom Erickson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Systinet. The partner program is designed to provide Federal, state and local government agencies with a complete solution for creating an SOA and the Net-centric enterprise using proven, standards-based technologies. Supporting Partner Quotes: BAE Systems "Support of open standards, such as UDDI v3.0, as well as support for critical service-oriented architecture components such as Governance, Lifecycle Management and Discovery is key to the needs of large Federal programs building out SOA infrastructures. We are quickly starting to recognize a paradigm shift and increased interest within the DoD community in the role of SOA as virtual enterprise systems begin to comply with the key tenets of Net-Centricity," said Aaron Budgor, Vice President at BAE Systems. "BAE Systems is currently using Systinet's Registry in several US Government pilot efforts with great success. The incorporation of very strong taxonomy features into their UDDI based registry is best-of-breed in the industry." Booz Allen Hamilton: We have had success using Systinet products on select federal projects, such as DISA's Net-Centric Enterprise Services initiative," said Greg Wenzel, Principal, at Booz Allen Hamilton. "Service-oriented architecture has prevailed as the primary mechanism for achieving ubiquitous interoperability across disparate legacy systems. SOA and Open Standards play a key role in achieving compliance with the principles of Net-Centricity and OSD's Net-Centric Checklist." EDS: "Our DoD customers are seeing a major shift in the way they are going about building new applications and migrating legacy applications because of NCES and the concept of Net-Centricity. Support of open standards, such as SOAP, WSDL (Web Services Description Language) An XML-based language for defining Web services. Developed by Microsoft and IBM, WSDL describes the protocols and formats used by the service. and UDDI within Commercial Off- The-Shelf (COTS) products is key to the needs of DoD agencies and programs supporting the Net-Centric paradigm shift," said Bob Thompson, Vice President, at EDS. Lockheed Martin: "Our customers are increasingly turning to service-oriented architectures for defense, intelligence and civil government applications," said Doug Barton, Director of Network-Centric Programs at Lockheed Martin. "Components such as governance, lifecycle management and discovery are key to the success of any SOA effort, as is compliance with UDDI v3.0 standards." Merlin Technical Solutions: "A successful SOA implementation requires a UDDI-based business services registry for governance, visibility and to promote service re-use," said David Phelps, CEO, Merlin Technical Solutions. "Systinet offers the industry's leading standards-based registry, they've made tremendous headway in an extremely short period of time in the Federal market and we've had great success partnering and working together on a number of large-scale SOA projects for various government agencies." Raytheon: "Raytheon is currently working with Systinet's Service Oriented Architecture platform in pilot SOA efforts on selected federal programs. Raytheon looks forward to further work with Systinet," said Matt Murray, Director, Information Technology Strategy, at Raytheon Information Solutions. Titan Corporation: "Titan Corporation recognizes the value of service-oriented architecture in the context of Net-Centric operations. Web Services standards such as UDDI and standards-based products, such as the Systinet Registry, will provide the core architectural basis for the DoD's Core Enterprise Services and high profile horizontal integration efforts such as the Titan led NDIA team working on the ASAP (chat) asap - As soon as possible. ACTD," said Martin Dowd, Vice President of Strategic Engineering at Titan Corporation. About Systinet Systinet is the leading software provider of the foundation for SOA governance and business service lifecycle management. Founded in 2000, Systinet's award-winning, proven, and standards-based products enable IT organizations to rapidly leverage existing technology investments, provide interoperability between heterogeneous systems, and better align business processes with IT. Customers receive the benefits of a simpler, faster, standards-based way to dramatically improve IT responsiveness and technology asset reuse, while maximizing the ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). for SOA. Systinet's customer base of over 150 Global 2000 clients includes Amazon.com, BMC Software, Interwoven in·ter·weave v. in·ter·wove , in·ter·wo·ven , inter·weav·ing, inter·weaves v.tr. 1. To weave together. 2. To blend together; intermix. v.intr. , JP Morgan, Motorola, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and SAIC. Headquartered in Burlington, Mass., Systinet is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with over 100 employees. www.systinet.com |
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